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   by mportela 2y ago

   https://archive.is/DFbWQ
2. 32.▲
   by mportela 2y ago

   For one, the population is way more spread out in the US than in other countries. There are only 9 cities with more than 1 million people in a country of 350 million inhabitants.
3. 33.▲
   by mportela 2y ago

   That's actually quite offensive, especially the last remark.
4. 34.▲
   by mportela 2y ago

   My take is that Python won by having a complete ecosystem centralizing many tools that were dispersed in different languages: - Numpy/Scipy/Matplotlib enabled scientists to do data analysis with Panda similar to what was available
5. 35.▲
   by mportela 2y ago

   Having studied control engineering, it feels like ML is control theory + optimization all the way down :) I love how folks from different backgrounds can interpret it in so many ways.
6. 36.▲
   by mportela 2y ago

   I had heard that quote many times but never know it's called "AI effect". Thanks!
7. 37.▲
   by mportela 2y ago

   Great project name, though
8. 38.▲
   by mportela 2y ago

   I have lived in Brazil, Australia, Spain, and France. iMessage was never a thing in these markets.
9. 39.▲
   by mportela 2y ago

   This is what I pay internet for
10. 40.▲
    by mportela 2y ago

    From the article: > Its presence in its current location signifies the adherence to an agreement among six Christian denominations, who collectively own the church, not to move, repair, or alter anything in the church without the consent
11. 41.▲
    by mportela 2y ago

    What a throwback! I remember when the Tau Manifesto came out: https://tauday.com/tau-manifesto
12. 42.▲
    by mportela 2y ago

    Freakonomics did a very good deep dive into this world recently: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-do-your-eyeglasses-cost...
13. 43.▲
    by mportela 2y ago

    GenAI?
14. 44.▲
    by mportela 3y ago

    Thanks! I just set up my RSS feed here: https://matheusportela.com/atom.xml Let me know if it doesn't work for you!
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    Double-entry bookkeeping as a directed graph(matheusportela.com)

    541 points by mportela 3y ago|374 comments
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    by mportela 3y ago

    Hi, all! I'm not an accountant but decided to study double-entry bookkeeping and basic accounting a while ago. I learned a lot from many places, including great threads here on HN, and wanted to give back to the community. In this arti
17. 47.▲
    by mportela 3y ago

    > cheap, high quality Most mechanical things require you to optimize for cost or quality
18. 48.▲
    by mportela 3y ago

    > I think he has a unique talent for creating lasting online communities And, most importantly, money
19. 49.▲
    by mportela 3y ago

    It's in his interest to have a small cash compensation though since long-term capital gains tax is smaller than income tax. Also, he can always take a loan against his stock to get liquidity without triggering income tax.
20. 50.▲
    by mportela 3y ago

    > It seems like the only thing we still know how to do and also want to do is roads Except it's usually done in a more expensive and slower way than in other advanced economies
21. 51.▲
    by mportela 3y ago

    Yeah, but I think ads is bigger than search given that they reach people in other products (e.g. YouTube and things like Chromecast). I was going to say I didn't have any data to back this up but I just took a look at their annual earn
22. 52.▲
    by mportela 3y ago

    > The company just made too much money from search Do you mean ads?
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    by mportela 3y ago

    I use it at Justworks and love it! Packwerk [1] is another personal favorite [1] https://github.com/Shopify/packwerk
24. 54.▲
    by mportela 3y ago

    And an intense Japan-US trade war in the 80s
25. 55.▲
    by mportela 3y ago

    Wow, thanks for sharing the tip!
26. 56.▲
    by mportela 3y ago

    Any recommendations on how to really file taxes for free (federal and state)?
27. 57.▲
    by mportela 3y ago

    What I do is canceling the trial immediately after subscribing for it. Most services will let you finish the trial period and you won't risk forgetting to cancel it and paying for another billing cycle.
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    by mportela 3y ago

    Not only creative work, but manual work too. It's been over 100 years that Frederick Taylor showed regular breaks reduces fatigue and increases productivity. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_managem
29. 59.▲
    by mportela 3y ago

    > but I don't expect them to go so easy on the nutrition data Interestingly, I expected them to go easy on pretty much anything
30. 60.▲
    by mportela 3y ago

    Then I'm super unlucky because my last phone interview there 3 weeks ago was definitely Leetcode.